YPLDAP(8)

📦 version 15.1, in freebsd 14.5, freebsd 15.1

💅 YPLDAP(8) — the ypldap bestie handoff 🎀

okay so real talk, bestie: this is the manual page for ypldap, a System Manager's Manual situation, and it's genuinely about to make your YP life so much easier. buckle up 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

ypldap — a YP map server that uses LDAP as its backend. yes. LDAP. doing YP's job. iconic behavior tbh 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

ypldap [-dnv] [-D macro=value] [-f file]

she's short, she's sweet, she takes like four optional things and then she's off 🫶

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

okay so ypldap is a daemon providing YP maps using LDAP as a backend. like, that's the whole vibe. RFC 2307 or similar LDAP schemas can be tied to the different YP maps — so your LDAP directory gets to be the source of truth and the YP maps just read from it. 💅

and like, ypldap has the same role as ypserv(8), and the two daemons are exclusive. so it's not a "both of y'all hang out" situation — pick one, they don't share. 🙈

The options are as follows:

  • -D macro=value — define macro to be set to value on the command line. this one overrides the definition of macro in the configuration file. command line stays winning, no cap ✨
  • -d — do not daemonize. if you specify this, ypldap will run in the foreground and log to stderr. so like, you actually see the logs. great for debugging, lowkey obsessed 😭
  • -f file — specify an alternative configuration file. you're not stuck with the default, go off 🎀
  • -n — configtest mode. only checks the configuration file for validity. she looks, she judges, she does not start 💀
  • -v — produce more verbose output. more words! more info! we love a chatty queen 🌈

🗂️ FILES 🗂️

  • /etc/ypldap.conf — the default ypldap configuration file. that's the one she reads unless you tell her otherwise 🍓

🔗 SEE ALSO 🔗

go read those too, iykyk 💜

🕰️ HISTORY 🕰️

The ypldap program first appeared in OpenBSD 4.4 and then FreeBSD 11.0. a whole era, honestly ⭐

🫶 AUTHORS 🫶

The ypldap program was written by Pierre-Yves Ritschard. thank you for your service king 👑

ngl bestie, the two daemons being exclusive is the one thing to literally never forget: ypldap and ypserv(8) do not coexist. periodt 💅

and that's the page!! footer tea for the very end: this is the Debian version, dated June 8, 2016, and it lives at YPLDAP(8) in the System Manager's Manual. mwah 💖🎀🦋

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